Watching one of these a year has been a recent tradition but a wildly fun one. A beautiful trainwreck of a franchise that allows Warwick Davis to shine. This entry is a bunch of film references and a side story that predicted the substance all in Vegas baby. And that straight to video rental quality is soaring here too. It has more charm than 90% of straight to streamers lol.
Nothing else to add other than Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
I had fun but I would say this sort of plot was always meant for the television medium. Now I’m coming out as a fan of the Netflix tv adaptation(/spin-off?). I will say though, McConaughey’s Mickey Pearson is a more interesting lead compared to James’s Eddie Horniman. But then again, Susie Glass is more of an analog to Pearson, and man do I love her take a younger, even more patient archetype of the crime boss…..ok I’m rambling on about a show that is actually quiet different from its movie predecessor, and now I want to rewatch that!
Took galaxy brains to make this, was a cinematic version of a galaxy brain, and gave me galaxy brain level emotions.
EDIT: This review is dedicated to a fellow movie slut, Jen, who wanted to know my thots on this instant classic. Was hesitant to write this but I’m glad I did!
I have a strange take on this film in that watching this was like cinematically reading a really good book. You could attribute that to the constant voiceovers of what’s going on in brad astra’s head or the plot’s comparison to other famous literature such as Heart of Darkness. Those…
